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Horse
Management
Page 5
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S POSTAGE
PAID
PERMIT NO 184
AUBURN. WA
Occupational
Therapy
Page4
Holy Land
visited
Page6
• 20th Anniversary
Green River
Community College
Volume 21, No. 14 Green River Community College, Auburn, Washington February 21, 1986
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings ax falls on vets
MYRTLE ROGNEBY /THE CURRENT
Campus veterans affairs coordinator, Jon Arnhold, recently
Informed veterans of benefit cuts.
. .
Benefit reductions faced by students
by Myrtle Rogneby
About 250 veterans on campus
are facing cuts in benefits, a facts
which angers Jon Arnhold, Office
of Veterans' Affairs coordinator.
The benefit reductions that
veterans are facing result from the
Gramm-Rudman Bill, passed late
last year by Congress and signed
into law by President Reagan.
Arnhold said, "I find it absolute­ly
amazing that Gramm received
Chapter 35 benefits when he was
in college and here he is wanting
to reduce the program. The ra­tionale
behind that, I just don't
understand. Maybe somebody
can tell me."
Senator Phil Gramm, a
freshman Texas Republican, was
one of the sponsors of the bill,
which is designed to force balance
into the federal budget by 1991.
Arnhold recei.\led notice last
week of cuts in various veterans
benefits. "Advance pay is no
longer in operation. This
eliminates the availability of start­up
money for veterans in school
in the spring who return for Fall
Quarter. Their tuition, book, and
school expense benefits must
come later in the form of a mon­thly
benefit check."
Reduced pay allotments are also
planned in veterans benefits
rollbacks. reduction may begin
March 1. Arnhold said that the
pay cut would be felt in the April 1
check, which covers the month of
March.
Chapter 31 veterans would
suffer a 13 percent decrease in
their monthly allotments. This
classification refers to veterans
undergoing vocational rehabilita­tion.
Their injury is directly related
to active duty. The VA pays tuition
books, fees, college costs and
issues a monthly allotment in
addition.
The allotments for the Chapters
34 and 35 would decrease by 8. 7
percent. Under Chapter 34, refer­red
to as the "Old G.I. Bill," the
veteran receives benefits based on
his amount of time spent in active
duty. Pay is determined by the
number of credit hours and the
number of dependents. Chapter
35 covers dependents of veterans
who were killed or 100 percent
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These students receive money
based on the number of credits
they carry but no additional
money for their own dependents.
Arnhold said that the
November only listing of benefits
received by veterans attending
Green River Fall Quarter was
$48,000.
Program for Chapter 31 and 34
students.
Arnhold said that the pattern of
meddling with veterans benefits
through history seems almost a
form of harrassment. "The VA
says a student loan is available,
but to qualify for it is impossible,''
he added.
He explained that it's hard to
understand because the veterans'
educational benefits package is
one of the few programs that gives
a good return for the money spent.
The benefits allow veterans to get
higher education and higher­paying
jobs than most would
otherwise get. The result is more
tax money for the government.
"One of the happiest days I had
was when I ran out of benefits. I
no longer had those regulations
hanging over my head. I had
freedom," said Arnhold.
The federal government does
not make a climate for easy access
to benefits for the veteran, ex­plained
Arnhold, adding, "I really
admire the vets who can hang in
there and obey the rules and get
the benefits.
"The VA's position is that they
don't make the rules; they follow
the rules as detailed by Congress.
Other cuts looming for veterans Therefore if there's any change in
include decrease in hospital and
burial benefits and possible the rules it has to come from Con­elimination
of the VA Work-Study gress." Grammy-winner Hirt will
appear in Auburn Feb. 27
Please see Benefits, page four
Final Examination Schedule,
Winter Quarter 1985-86
Al Hirt will appear in concert Feb. 27 at
the Auburn Performing Arts Center and will
perform two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. The
show is part of Green River's Artist and
Speakers Series.
Accredited with over 40 LP recordings
and numerous hit singles, Hirt has been
acknowledged by four gold albums and a
platinum by the Recording Industry
Association of America. He has also been
awarded the ultimate honor in the record­ing
industry, a coveted Grammy for his
recording of "Java."
Hirt has gained recognition as one of the
world's top trumpeters and has been
named such for fifteen consecutive years by
Playboy Magazine's Music Poll. He has
been named Artist of the Year by the Music
Operators of America, received a citation in
two annual Billboard Disc Jockey Polls, two
citations from Billboard's Campus Music, a
Cashbox Disc Jockey Award and Coronet
Magazine's Editorial Award of Merit for
Outstanding Achievement in the field of
Popular Recording.
Tickets may be purchased at all Ticket­master
outlets or charged by phone at
629-0888. Tickets are also available from
Green River Community College's Student
Programs Office at ext. 33 7, 464-6133
(Seattle), 924-0180 (Tacoma), or 833-9111
AU das.5e:1 will meet during the. Week pf final examinations as scheduled below.
Whether or not an instrudor administers a final examination is decided by the instructor
in ac~xmiance with dMsion policy.. March 19 has been designated as a study day.""
Thursday, Marcil 20
8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
lt am •. to l p:m.
2. p.m. to 4 p.m.
4 p.rq. to 6 p.m.
Friday, March 21
8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, March 24
8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
11 am. to 1 p.m.
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
All 8 a. m. classes
All 11 a.m. classes
All 3 p.m. classes
Available test time for classes with conflicts* and
noon hour classes.
All 9 a.m. classes
All I p. m. classes
All 4 p.m. classes
Available test time for cla$es with conflicts.*
All 10 a.m. classes
AU 2 ~m. classes
Tuesday-Thursday classes that do not fit regular
schedule time. Available test time for classes with
conflicts_*
*Exceptions to this scheduJe requfre arrangements with the A.swciate Dean.
(Auburn). - Al Hirt'·---···----------------~~~----------------------

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Horse
Management
Page 5
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S POSTAGE
PAID
PERMIT NO 184
AUBURN. WA
Occupational
Therapy
Page4
Holy Land
visited
Page6
• 20th Anniversary
Green River
Community College
Volume 21, No. 14 Green River Community College, Auburn, Washington February 21, 1986
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings ax falls on vets
MYRTLE ROGNEBY /THE CURRENT
Campus veterans affairs coordinator, Jon Arnhold, recently
Informed veterans of benefit cuts.
. .
Benefit reductions faced by students
by Myrtle Rogneby
About 250 veterans on campus
are facing cuts in benefits, a facts
which angers Jon Arnhold, Office
of Veterans' Affairs coordinator.
The benefit reductions that
veterans are facing result from the
Gramm-Rudman Bill, passed late
last year by Congress and signed
into law by President Reagan.
Arnhold said, "I find it absolute­ly
amazing that Gramm received
Chapter 35 benefits when he was
in college and here he is wanting
to reduce the program. The ra­tionale
behind that, I just don't
understand. Maybe somebody
can tell me."
Senator Phil Gramm, a
freshman Texas Republican, was
one of the sponsors of the bill,
which is designed to force balance
into the federal budget by 1991.
Arnhold recei.\led notice last
week of cuts in various veterans
benefits. "Advance pay is no
longer in operation. This
eliminates the availability of start­up
money for veterans in school
in the spring who return for Fall
Quarter. Their tuition, book, and
school expense benefits must
come later in the form of a mon­thly
benefit check."
Reduced pay allotments are also
planned in veterans benefits
rollbacks. reduction may begin
March 1. Arnhold said that the
pay cut would be felt in the April 1
check, which covers the month of
March.
Chapter 31 veterans would
suffer a 13 percent decrease in
their monthly allotments. This
classification refers to veterans
undergoing vocational rehabilita­tion.
Their injury is directly related
to active duty. The VA pays tuition
books, fees, college costs and
issues a monthly allotment in
addition.
The allotments for the Chapters
34 and 35 would decrease by 8. 7
percent. Under Chapter 34, refer­red
to as the "Old G.I. Bill," the
veteran receives benefits based on
his amount of time spent in active
duty. Pay is determined by the
number of credit hours and the
number of dependents. Chapter
35 covers dependents of veterans
who were killed or 100 percent
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